Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 6395 21 May 2026, 11:36

Feature Report

Steps Scenarios Features
Feature Passed Failed Skipped Pending Undefined Total Passed Failed Total Duration Status
Additional software 83 0 0 0 0 83 6 0 6 15:13.235 Passed
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
Feature Additional software
As a Tails user I may want to install software not shipped in Tails And have them installed automatically when I enable persistence in the Greeter
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker @fragile @doc
1:47.889
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.001
Before features/support/hooks.rb:523 0.002
Given I have started Tails from DVD and logged in with an administration password and the network is connected 1:21.309
And I update the APT lists using apt 6.177
When I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.371
Then I am notified I can not use Additional Software for "popularity-contest" 2.459
And I can open the Additional Software documentation from the notification 11.571
After features/support/hooks.rb:531 8.672
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.286
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.002
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
2:57.115
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.005
Before features/support/hooks.rb:523 0.005
Given I start Tails from a freshly installed USB drive with an administration password and the network is plugged and I login 50.916
And I update the APT lists using apt 6.031
And I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.269
Then I am proposed to add the "popularity-contest" package to my Additional Software 3.430
When I create a persistent storage and activate the Additional Software feature 19.142
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.737
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.241
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 40.881
And I enable persistence 17.061
And I log in to a new session 11.704
And the Additional Software installation service has started 10.159
Then I am notified that the installation succeeded 1.764
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.649
And the package "popularity-contest" is installed after Additional Software has been installed 0.124
After features/support/hooks.rb:531 9.002
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.701
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.010
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
1:27.869
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.003
Before features/support/hooks.rb:523 0.002
Given a computer 0.070
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with an administration password 1:13.932
And I update the APT lists using apt 5.360
When I install "ripgrep" using apt 6.300
Then the Additional Software dpkg hook has been run for package "ripgrep" and notices the persistence is locked 2.146
And the package "ripgrep" is installed 0.059
After features/support/hooks.rb:531 9.835
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.653
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.012
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
3:1.728
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.002
Before features/support/hooks.rb:523 0.005
Given a computer 0.058
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:43.861
When I uninstall "popularity-contest" using apt 3.163
And I accept removing "popularity-contest" from Additional Software 2.422
Then "popularity-contest" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.601
When I start Synaptic 12.741
And I update the APT lists using Synaptic 21.566
And I install "cowsay" using Synaptic 8.733
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 2.532
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.725
When I uninstall "cowsay" using apt 3.186
And I refuse removing "cowsay" from Additional Software 2.428
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.632
When I start "Additional Software" via GNOME Activities Overview 9.275
And I remove "cowsay" from the list of Additional Software using Additional Software GUI 3.491
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.852
When I install "cowsay" using apt 3.262
And I refuse adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 1.534
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.656
After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.626
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.057
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.007
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker
4:53.212
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.003
Before features/support/hooks.rb:523 0.002
Given a computer 0.062
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:20.781
And I configure APT to prefer an old version of cowsay 0.005
When I install an old version "3.03+dfsg2-1" of the cowsay package using apt 9.066
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 5.061
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.776
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.017
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 38.877
And I enable persistence 7.020
# We need to add back this custom APT source for the Additional Software
# install step, as it was not saved in persistence
And I configure APT to prefer an old version of cowsay 0.024
# Prevent the "Warning: virtual machine detected!" notification from racing
# with the one we'll be interacting with below.
And I disable the tails-virt-notify-user.service user unit 0.113
And I log in to a new session 12.049
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been installed 10.214
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.062
# We remove the newest package after it has been downloaded and before
# it is installed, so that the upgrade process fails
And I prepare the Additional Software upgrade process to fail 0.081
And the network is plugged 0.053
And Tor is ready 13.059
And available upgrades have been checked 1.099
And I see the "The upgrade of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 1.527
And I can open the Additional Software configuration window from the notification 2.568
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 17.843
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 39.664
And I enable persistence 7.455
# We need to add back this custom APT source for the Additional Software
# install step, as it was not saved in persistence
And I configure APT to prefer an old version of cowsay 0.004
And I log in to a new session 10.898
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been installed 10.240
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.086
And the network is plugged 0.021
And Tor is ready 16.362
Then the Additional Software upgrade service has started 0.047
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is newer than "3.03+dfsg2-1" 0.064
After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.781
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.954
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.025
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker_inherited
1:5.419
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.004
Before features/support/hooks.rb:523 0.004
Given a computer 0.070
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 39.239
And I enable persistence 6.807
And I remove the "cowsay" deb files from the APT cache 0.038
And I log in to a new session 11.191
Then I see the "The installation of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 1.808
And I can open the Additional Software log file from the notification 6.151
And the package "cowsay" is not installed 0.112
After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.084
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.788
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.007